Our story

Modern forestry and wood is the sustainable sector of the 21st century: producing a green material while improving the way we use our land. See how today's forests benefit the economy, the environment and our communities.

1919 - 2019

Preparing to celebrate 100 Years of UK Forestry

In 2019 we will celebrate the centenary of the first Forestry Act, which created the Forestry Commission and recognised the importance of forestry to the UK.

Over subsequent decades, our island was brought back from the brink of complete deforestation, with less than 5% tree cover, to the present level of 13%. Within lifetimes, we have seen newly-created timber plantations mature into productive and multi-benefit forests.

2019 will be a national celebration of a hundred years of forestry, and we want you to be part of it.

List your event in our calendar

The Confor website will host a calendar of all events taking place over the year. Please send us details of any events you are planning, and we will host them on the Confor website.

Please note our calendar is updated manually: we will contact you by email when the event is listed.

Suggest a timber product for our ‘virtual museum’

Throughout 2019 we will tell the stories 100 objects made from British wood, one for each of the 100 years from 1919. We are looking for as wide a range of products as possible, from matchsticks to mansions, bobbins to bioplastics, and trestles to telegraph poles.